CVE-2026-0798 json
Gitea Release Email Notifications Leak Private Repository Release Details After Access Revocation
published 2026-01-22 9 mo ago modified 2026-09-08 2 mo ago also BIT-gitea-2026-0798 , EUVD-2026-4270 , GHSA-8fwc-qjw5-rvgp , GHSA-f4wq-6ww5-m56p , GO-2026-4365
- cvss
- 3.5
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.3%
- EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 18%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Gitea may send release notification emails for private repositories to users whose access has been revoked. When a repository is changed from public to private, users who previously watched the repository may continue to receive release notifications, potentially disclosing release titles, tags, and content.
Patch / fix
- go code.gitea.io/gitea 1.25.4
- bitnami gitea 1.25.4
- gitea gitea 1.25.4
- govulncheck-vulndb openSUSE Leap 15.6 0.0.20260205T172317-150000.1.146.1
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:0403-1
- govulncheck-vulndb openSUSE Leap 16.0 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1
- github.com/go-gitea/gitea#36319 pull request
- github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.25.4 release
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2026-0798 updated cvss 3.5
gitea: Gitea Release Email Notifications Leak Private Repository Release Details After Access Revocation
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Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines openshift-pipelines/pipelines-opc-rhel9, openshift-pipelines/pipelines-pipelines-as-code-cli-rhel8, openshift-pipelines/pipelines-pipelines-as-code-cli-rhel9, openshift-pipelines/pipelines-pipelines-as-code-watcher-rhel8, openshift-pipelines/pipelines-pipelines-as-code-watcher-rhel9, openshift-pipelines/pipelines-pipelines-as-code-webhook-rhel8, +3 morenot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 9 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 18% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA ADP | 3.1 | 3.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| CNA | 3.1 | 3.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| OSV | 3.1 | 3.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| go | code.gitea.io/gitea | <1.25.4 |
1.25.4 |
| bitnami | gitea | <1.25.4 |
1.25.4 |
Affected products
- Gitea Gitea Open Source Git Server
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-284 Improper Access Control
References
-
github.com
/go-gitea/gitea/pull/36319
patch, web, issue-tracking
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github.com
/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-f4wq-6ww5-m56p
vendor-advisory, broken-link, web
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github.com
/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.25.4
release-notes, web, article
-
blog.gitea.com
/release-of-1.25.4/
release-notes, article
-
nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-0798
advisory, web
-
blog.gitea.com
/release-of-1.25.4
web
-
github.com
/go-gitea/gitea
package
-
github.com
/advisories/GHSA-8fwc-qjw5-rvgp
advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-0798
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-8fwc-qjw5-rvgp
- NVD CVE-2026-0798
- OSV BIT-gitea-2026-0798
- OSV GO-2026-4365
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